GMO nearly tripled its monthly registrations, and it was a good month for .com overall. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com rankings: Squarespace tops nine million .coms
· Domain RegistrarsThese are the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three months in arrears; the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy gets patent for “Recommending domains from free text”
· Domain RegistrarsPatent describes way to suggest domain names based on text inputs. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent number 12,399,944 (pdf) to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) for "Recommending domains from free text". GoDaddy filed a similar ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Ranking domain registrars based on the latest .com data: GoDaddy, Namecheap and more
· Domain RegistrarsA look at the biggest domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers April 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: Squarespace continues to show ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Top domain registrars: Spaceship helps Namecheap rocket higher
· Domain RegistrarsStrong growth at its Spaceship registrar propelled Namecheap into #2 spot for .com domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers February 2025. Here are ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Entri regains DNS update access at GoDaddy under new agreement
· Domain RegistrarsSettlement resolves antitrust lawsuit and restores Entri’s integration with GoDaddy domains. Entri and GoDaddy have announced a deal to allow people to use Entri to update DNS records for domains registered at GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). The multi-year ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Only one of the top 10 .com domain registrars is growing
· Domain RegistrarsJust one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy and Entri settle antitrust lawsuit
· Policy & LawEntri sued after GoDaddy prevented the startup from making changes to customers' DNS records. Domain registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) and Entri, a firm that helps customers change DNS records, have settled their lawsuit. Entri acts as a conduit ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Latest .com rankings: Hostinger and GMO have a big month
· Domain RegistrarsLatest numbers for the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers October 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy returning to the Super Bowl this season
· Domain RegistrarsThe company will advertise in the Super Bowl after an eight-year absence. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is back...in the Super Bowl. The company announced today that it will advertise in February's Super Bowl, with one ad spot booked in the fourth ... Continue Reading1 Comment
